[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TV Series'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) ''[Season 1] - Leavetaking'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Episode 102' align='right'}] }] Bare bones notes right now. %%accordion ! Cold Open 1 %%blue [Moiraine]%% and [Lan]. ! Cold Open 2 %%red [Liandrin]%% and three other %%red [Reds|Red Ajah]%% gentle a corrupted madman. %%blue [Moiraine]%% and [Lan] are watching from above, and [Moiraine] states that "it's not him." The scene ends with a look at a valley filled with various tall formations covered in greenery[1]. ! Women's Circle [Egwene] is initiated into the Women's Circle. [2] ! Rand and Tam They'll be comin' 'round the mountain when they come... ! Two Rivers First glimpse. Apple brandy. Inside inn. Mat and dice (loses). Egwene enters to applause. Evening comes, along with thunder and lightning. [Lan] and %%blue [Moiraine]%% make a dramatic entrance. Perrin goes to forge to see [Laila|Laila Dearn]. Mat goes to his mother and father outside. Takes mom home. Back inside inn with [Tam] [Marin|Marin alVere], [Bran|Brandelwyn alVere], [Egwene] and [Rand]. All except [Egwene] and [Rand] leave. [Egwene] and [Rand] share intimate moments. [Moiraine] and [Lan] take a bath. Back to [Egwene] and [Rand] talking about [Egwene] being a Wisdom apprentice. ! Fade It's raining. A cloaked rider enters the village. It's revealed to be a [Fade]. There's whistling in the background. ! Morning It's the next morning. [Padan Fain], whistling, is entering the village on his wagon.[3] [Egwene] serves breakfast to [Tam] while looking for [Rand]. Switch to [Laila|Laila Dearn] and [Perrin] in bed. [Mat] conducts some business with [Padan Fain]. [Moiraine] and [Lan] walk through the village. ! Vista [Rand] and [Egwene] talk about her apprenticeship. ! Sacred Pool [Moiraine] visits [Egwene] at the sacred pool. ! The Trio Back at village, [Rand], [Mat] and [Perrin] talk. ! The Wind [Egwene] and [Nynaeve] talk about the wind smelling bad. ! Remains [Lan], scouting around, finds fourteen slaughtered sheep arranged in a pattern.[4] ! The Trio [Moiraine] is watching [Rand], [Mat] and [Perrin] from an upstairs window. [Rand] and [Perrin] give [Mat] some money to spend on his sisters. ! al'Thor Farm [Rand] and [Tam] arrive back at their farm with [Bela] and a cart. They light a ceremonial candle for [Rand]'s mother [Kari|Kari alThor]. This interweaves with scenes of townspeople lighting candles on wood and floating them out the river. [Egwene] spots [Moiraine] watching the ceremony. Neither speak. ! Bel Tine [Marin|Marin alVere] gets the music started and people start dancing. [Padan Fain] is watching from the side. [Lan] tells [Moiraine] about the [Fade] and [Trollocs] nearby. Back to dancing. ! Narg ! Battle During the dancing, [Egwene]'s partner is struck in the back with a nasty looking axe and dies. [Trolloc]s invade the village, slaughtering people left and right. Villagers scramble to safety.[5] ! Next Morning %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) \\[#1] Some of them look to be skyscrapers, indicating relics from a previous Age. \\[#2] The relaxing and floating in the strong current mirrors [Aes Sedai] teaching. \\[#3] The background whistling merges very well into [Padan Fain]'s whistling. Foreshadowing. \\[#4] That pattern is known as a "dragon's fang" and will appear throughout the series. \\[#5] Except for [Padan Fain], who just turns around and calmly walks away. %% ---- More [Category Episode]